#Baxter Theatre

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DELELA, a play by Tiisetso Mashifane wa Noni (Baxter Trailer)

[robynsassenmyview]

Dance me to the edge of time

DANGEROUS gazes: Jokanaan (Revil Yon), centre, in white, is embraced by the society, in Dada Masilo’s Salome, part of Scarcity, Joburg Ballet’s mixed bill. Photograph by Lauge Sorensen. IT WAS THE late Alan Crump, Chairman of the National Festival of the Arts in Grahamstown, during the 1990s, who used to quip about the so-called “blue rinse and boiling sweet brigade”, who the festival organisers…

[mariocki]

RIP Christopher Benjamin (27.12.1934 - 15.1.2025)

"That was another reason, in a way, that I decided to give [stage acting] up, because I was getting a bit - a bit dicey with the lines. People sort of wrote down, quite often, the things I said... instead of the things I should have said. They were known as my bloopers: 'Benjamin bloopers'. Some of my inventions were very good, I must admit. My feeling was, if I dried, I had to say something - and so that something was something that amused the rest of the cast considerably, quite often."

[citizenscreen]

Gregory Peck and Anne Baxter immortalizing their prints at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre this week in 1949. Sid Grauman assists.

[differenteagletragedy]

hello, i've been thinking about musical theatre nerd Baxter since the Phantom of the Opera ask, and now i need headcanons about it, please, personally, i also think we would've made a great Orpheus for Hadestown

I love all the theatre nerd Baxter talk, it's so fun to think about!

-- He started dancing when he was 8, so by the time he gets into high school, everyone definitely knows it's a thing. He's also very good! Because of this, he gets approached his freshman year when the theatre kids are putting on the ~spring musical~

-- They have kids that know how to dance, but he's getting to be known for his talent, so hey, why not ask him to help out?

-- He's got some free time and a pathological need to please, so like sure, he's down.

-- Instantly obsessed. He's not unfamiliar with theatre, and he's seen musicals (old black and white movies with all the dancing, he loves), but actually being involved in the production of one? What a blast for him! The drama of it all!

-- As a former costume crew member, Baxter also gives me costume crew vibes. Just sitting in the shop sewing stuff and talking trash about everybody else. Could hem the hell out of a pair of pants and make an actor cry at the same time.

-- Him with a measuring tape around his neck at the sewing machine, just working and suffering. No, you can't try on someone else's costume for fun. No, you can't borrow something for a party. Get out of his shop. Seriously, get out.

-- Stage Manage Baxter too. He has his binder, his headset and he is TIRED OF EVERYONE. Learn your lines. Build the set. He doesn't have TIME for this.

-- I'm just realizing that you didn't specify high school, that was in a comment somewhere, so this can be for college too, or an AU! Baxter is an old soul, he's always going to be like this.

-- Could also perform! He could sing if he wanted, so he'd be your classic triple threat with his dancing talent, and we all know his dramatic ass could handle the acting.

-- Baxter pretty much IS Bobby from "Company," but he couldn't play the role until he was the right age for the character, so no school productions, it would hit too close to home.

-- "Somebody hold me too close, somebody hurt me too deep, somebody sit in my chair and ruin my sleep and make me aware of being alive," like COME ON.

-- We've talked about Phantom Baxter more than once, so that's a thing too!

-- I would do anything to see him do Emcee in "Cabaret." Tell me he wouldn't kill it, you can't do it.

-- Jamie in "Last 5 Years" -- "The Schmuel Song" is something he'd actually do for MC, so that's cute.

-- I'll lose my mind -- Baxter proposing like "The Next Ten Minutes," just think. "Will you share your life with me for the next ten minutes, for a million summers till the world explodes, till there's no one left who has ever known us apart?"

-- He will absolutely belt his heart out when he's alone in the car. And the shower. And maybe while cooking and cleaning.

-- There is never going to be one single instance at all ever in which he doesn't know his lines or his choreography.

-- If this is school Baxter though, there's always a fight because he excels at both musicals AND period pieces, but he is only one person and can't be in everything. He's one of the strongest dancers but also just a natural at that elevated speech in more classic plays OBVIOUSLY.

[airandangels]

The Baxter Street Dudes was a New York City teenage street gang, consisting of former newsboys and bootblacks, who ran the Grand Duke's Theatre from the basement of a dive bar on Baxter Street in Manhattan during the 1870s. Led by founder Baby-Face Willie, gang members operated the Grand Duke's Theatre and established the venue as their headquarters. Members of the Baxter Street Dudes wrote and performed plays, musicals and variety shows which were enjoyed by other street toughs and slummers throughout the city. The theater house eventually became a popular underworld hangout, from which the gang found financial success.

So where’s the musical about the 1870s New York teenage gang putting on musicals?

[persicipen]

everyone should get a selfship art with this as a reference

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Memories 🥰

Gregory Peck and Anne Baxter …. Grauman’s

[make-friends-with-the-rats]

I found another map! Bird's-eye-view of Manhattan and adjacent districts, New York City, c 1903(?)

Red: The Brooklyn Bridge Yellow: The New York World Building Green: Duane Street and the Newsboys' Lodging House Blue: Baxter Street, the location of the Jacobs family's tenement apartment according to the original Hard Promises script

Here's a closer view of the lodging house (green) and "Newspaper Row."

Newspaper Row, or Park Row, ia adjacent to City Hall Park and was the location of the World (yellow), the Sun (obscured by the Tribune), the Tribune (blue), and the times (red) in the late 19th century. [source]

Newspaper Row, c 1900. Left to Right: the New York World, The Sun, The Tribune, and the New York Times.

The New York Tribune, founded by Horace Greely in 1841, was the original location of the Horace Greely statue featured in Newsies. It was dedicated in 1890 and was later moved from the Tribune to City Hall Park in 1915 where it still stands today.

Horace Greeley Statue Outside New York Tribune Building, c January 1, 1900. and Greeley statue in City Hall Park, c 1915 - 1920.

The New York Sun, at which Bryan Denton and Katherine Plumber work, was located beside the Tribune on the intersection of Nassau and Frankfort streets.

"The Sun," 1893 black and white halftone print.

The Newsboy's Lodging House, or the Brace Memorial Lodging House, was opened in 1874 by the Children's Aid Society. It stood at the intersection of three streets: William Street, Duane Street, and Chambers Street (all three of which I have highlighted in green in the above map). In 1899, the lodging house's address was 9 Duane Street. [source]

Newsboys' Lodging House, c 1899.

If you travel up north, you can also locate on this map the Irving Place Theatre, otherwise known as Irving Hall or Medda's Theatre.

Originally opened in 1860 as Irving Hall, Irving Place Theatre was rebuilt in 1888 as "Amberg's German Theatre." It became known as the Irving Place Theatre in 1893. [source]

The theatre's address was 118 E. 15th Street and was located between 14th and 15th streets, at the southwest corner of 15th street and Irving Place. Irving Place Theatre was demolished in 1894 to build the Zeckendorf Towers. [source]

Top: Irving Place Theatre, undated. Bottom: Irving Place Theatre, c 1912.

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underrated reads of 2024

books I read in 2024 with under 1000 ratings on goodreads // adult fiction

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Fallen Thorns by Harvey Oliver Baxter

I love calling this book a vampire coming-of-age campus novel and I stand by it. I still need to read the standalone prequel to this world, but I really loved this work.

The Sins On Their Bones by Laura R. Samotin

*physical ARC from the publisher

Shadow and Bone meets FMA: Brotherhood in this dark adult Jewish fantasy about sexual assault, war, and trauma. Definitely a tough read, but again, one I really enjoyed and can’t wait for the sequel of.

Smile and Be A Villain by Yves Donlon

*finished copy from the author

This diverse Hamlet retelling is easily the most underrated book of the year. Especially for a self-pub debut, this was absolutely fantastic. A diverse cast, a rich landscape of politics and religious complexities, a QPR between Hamlet and Ophelia, come on! I’m so excited for this sequel after seeing the way Donlon perfectly laid out threads throughout the book to pull tight into a perfect harmonious tapestry right at the end.

Uncommon Charm by Emily Bergslein and Kat Weaver

Picked this up because I can’t resist a Marlowe Lune cover, and because it’s a mixed genre story with queer and Jewish rep! The title for this book honestly perfectly describes it. It’s complicated and maybe doing too much but its uniqueness is just so charming.

In the Roses of Pieria by Anna Burke

*finished copy from the publisher

Sapphic vampires are always worth anyone’s time and this was such a unique take on them! I don’t think I’ll be continuing the series but I really loved the combo of archival work, fungal horror, and sapphic romance.

All Our Yesterdays by Joel H. Morris

*finished copy from the publisher

A fascinating prequel to Macbeth focusing on Lady Macbeth and her son! Slow paced, but full of interesting themes and ideas that this book explores with tact.

Caraway of the Sea by Madeline Burget

*finished copy from the author

A really sweet self-published pirate story featuring a diverse cast and found family. I enjoyed the writing, and for a self-pub book, I found the work to be quite polished and readable! I loved our MC, Caraway, who is so incredibly snarky and stubborn and guarded, and her journey throughout the story was really compelling.

The Naming Song by Jedediah Berry

*physical ARC from the publisher

A wholly unique theatre kid epic, this was one of my stand-outs of the year. Anyone who loves storytelling should read this book. It’s just so whimsically and completely its own.

Metal From Heaven by August Clarke

*physical ARC from the publisher

I think I’ve raved about this book enough but absolutely the book the world needs right now. This brutal dyke fantasy is straying from the pack and ambitiously crafting its own path, and it pays off. Obsessed.

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Other underrated reads of 2024:

plays

non-fiction

poetry

MG/YA/graphic novels

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Propaganda

Josephine Baker (The Siren of the Tropics, ZouZou)— Josephine Baker was an American born actress, singer, and utter icon of the period, creating the 1920s banana skirt look. She was the first black woman to star in a major motion film. She fought in the French resistance in WWII, given a Legion of Honour, as well as refusing to perform in segregated theatres in the US. She was bisexual, a fighter, and overall an absolutely incredible woman as well as being extremely attractive.

Anne Baxter (The Ten Commandments, All About Eve)—her soft, gentle voice in "all about eve", those gentle eyes with something odd behind them, the way she flips from Sweet Innocent to Viper on a dime......there was something Built Different about anne baxter, man, and it makes her so good for playing people who are Built Wrong. also one of my favorite batmen villains (her joint episode w vincent price is a delight) and of course I'm obsessed with her columbo episode where she bosses around edith head and does fabulous movie star things for no good reason. and i would be REMISS if i didn't mention her slink—oh the slink—in the ten commandments...................pardon me i must go think of sinning again

This is round 4 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

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Josephine Baker:

Black, American-born, French dancer and singer. Phenomenal sensation, took music-halls by storm. Famous in the silent film era.

Let's talk La Revue Negre, Shuffle Along. The iconique banana outfit? But also getting a Croix de Guerre and full military honors at burial in Paris due to working with the Resistance.

She exuded sex, was a beautiful dancer, vivacious, and her silliness and humor added to her attractiveness. She looked just as good in drag too.

So I know she was more famous for other stuff than movies and her movies weren’t Hollywood but my first exposure to her was in her films so I’ve always thought of her as a film actress first and foremost. Also she was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture so I think that warrants an entry

Iconic! Just look up anything about her life. She was a fascinating woman.

Anne Baxter:

The prettiest murderer in that film. Just so beautifully evil as Nefertari.

Anne Baxter was part of my Bisexual Awakening. My family has a tradition that every Palm Sunday we watch The ten commandments on TV together... And starting from a very young age, I essentially developed a crushes on Anne Baxter's Nefertiri & Yul Brynner's Ramses. Dude, the woman was HOT! They both were! My crush definitely wasn't helped by the fact that Anne Baxter's costumes were a bit on the sheer side. She had a way of capturing you with her eyes, and I never understood why Charlton heston's Moses didn't just have a threesome with Nefertiri and Ramses. LOL

Her Nefertiri in The Ten Commandments was FORMATIVE TO ME. If not the hottest old movie lady, then she definitely played the hottest old movie character. if that makes sense.

Look. Listen. I only *just* discovered her on a post from the Have You Seen This Romcom poll blog. Saw she had the same last name as me and went OOH hi hello. Went to her IMdB and saw she was born in Indiana like moi. I am now even more intrigued. Been eagerly telling my partner this, and he was like "maybe you guys are distantly related?" And after 2 hrs of going down the tumblr tag + her imdb photos, I'm In Deep(tm) and I can't stop looking at her like 😍 When I go to my grandma's house, bet your ass I'm gonna check my grandpa's genealogy and see if we're somehow related. Sorry that's not really propaganda I just got real excited, esp when I saw that the submission deadline was extended (bless your soul). Narrowing down the movies where she's hottest in was Hell tyvm. I've only just discovered her, she looks gorgeous to me in every movie still I see of her gdi lol.

[fuzzypicklecloudnickel]

Omg, please. I will bounce off you. I love this podcast so much(as well as Black Jack Justice, though the Red Panda is my favourite), and the style and writing is so good, but no one I know irl really likes this kind of thing, and so I’m left screaming about it to people who don’t know, and it’s ahdjlakdhdhakksjfhs

I feel like I’m going to have to start posting content about the red panda if I ever want to see people doing anything with it. It won’t work. But like, be the change you want to see in the world yknow?

[liliumofthevalleyy]

The trial of younger Louis and Will isn't talked about enough

I have no idea why I haven't seen someone talk about it yet from Baxter's prespective with how funny it is.

Imagine you are an arrogant, selfish, hypocritical, and frankly annoying nobleman, who does not deserve the wealth his ancestors have build like half the birtish ppl back then, in late 1800s Britain.

You cheat an orphanage out of it's donation money and then some kids from the slum form an agreement with you to repay it so that now you owe them instead, and you don't think much of it because 1. they're kids 2.they're "uneducated stupid dirty kids"

Those same kids take you to court for not repaying them a month later💀.

Spoiler alert, they weren't dumb.

Turns out, even without a lawyer, the older kid is dominating you effortlessly, you a nobleman (unbelieveable right?). And the kid decidsed to adhere to the agreement by taking one pound of flesh. To which your lawyer objects with a reason and his objection is sustained.

Surprise, the kids prepared against that too. And surprise, you are losing and the case and it's stressing you out while the older kid freaking asks you if you would like him to recite all of Shakespeare's plays (since this trial mimicks the trial in one of the plays) while posing. (We stan theatre kid William).

Out of nowhere the older kid pulls out a relatively large knife from his small blazer's pocket? And menacingly approaches you as everyone watches casually because ain't no way that small-ahh blazer is covering ANYTHING.

Unsuprisingly atp, you lost the case...

Out of all corrupt nobleman that actually got one-ep long screen-time before getting off-screened like Enders, Baxter's case is the most miserable to me. Like with how status was everything back then, how is he ever gonna live it down?

[dnpanimationstudioclone]

what would u say your Angel Dust enjoys?

My Angel Dust.🕷️👠

Drag(would def watch a Hell’s equivalent of RuPaul’s Drag Race) Pink & purple, cool pinks, shopping, buy 2 get 1 free sales for shoes 👠, casual comfy clothes, Reading(Magazines, stuff like VOGUE), Pentagram City in the night, the Lust & Gluttony Rings, adult jokes, dark comedy(with some exceptions/dislikes such as animal violence & SA), pranks, April Fools(his B-day), hanging in bars & clubs, partying with Cherri, cocktails(especially prepared by Husk), watching Sir P & Baxters science stuff go crazy, really anything with alcohol, playing cards, playing pool, playing darts, Husk’s magic tricks, dancing & singing, pasta 🍝,fondue, fruits, fruity cocktails 🍹, pink lemonade, fruit desserts, raspberries, cooking 🥘, Alastor’s cooking(he cooks well he can’t deny) coffee(cappuccino fan), French-press, dark chocolate, cooking shows, fashion shows, comedy shows, trashy reality TV, stuff like SNL, 1940’s films, musicals(his fav would be Chicago), theatre shows, makeovers, getting mani-pedis, nail art, salon treatments, DIY spa treatments, self-care days, hot tubs, bubble baths, bath bombs, getting nice fan mail, some of his bigger more artsy films, when Val’s in a good mood, purple & pink flowers, chilling with his coworkers, helping his coworkers with their makeup & outfits, days off sleeping in, brunching, doing Charlie’s lil stories(she tried an 80’s style drug PSA that left Angel laughing & pass out 🤣), learning self-defense tips from Vaga, beaches, animals, sea creatures, aquariums, Fat Nuggets, dressing up Fat Nuggets & taking pics/selfies with him(Nifftys def made some cute matching looks for Nuggets), playing games like candy crush & angry birds on his phone, POP music(def a fan of Verosika Mayday’s stuff), swing, big band & jazz, also was a huge fan of Lilith’s songs, roller skating, getting in occasional scraps, bar fights, when he’s able to feel better without drugs & getting to make his own decisions and choices.

What do u guys think? Anything else u see Angel like? I’d love to know💖

[bullet-prooflove]

The Romantic: Nicholas Baxter x Reader (L&O)

Tagging: @kmc1989 flopiboni @toheavenwmydrms

Nick knows the instant he lays eyes on you that you’re the woman he’s going to spend the rest of his life with. He’s sitting in the audience at the Philharmonic with a woman his sister had set him up with you step onto the stage in a forest green wrap dress and fresh flowers in your hair. He’s transfixed from the moment you pick up the violin.

Your music, it’s haunting. It flows through his body, awakening parts of him that he didn’t even know existed. He feels joy, hope, elation and then he hits the lows, the sadness, the melancholy. It’s the most intimate experience he’s had in a long time.

It’s in the interval that he actually looks at the leaflet he was handed on the way into the theatre.

It has your name written across the top along with the show title.

Rosanna Delarue – A Journey Through Italy.

His date leaves halfway through but Nick, he stays for the entire thing.

It’s a month later at the Central Park Preforming Arts Gala that the two of you are formally introduced. You’re wearing a cornflower blue dress tonight, your hair is threaded with fresh flowers of the same colour. You look ethereal, a beacon amongst the deluge of black and white.

“Call me Rosie.” You request when you offer him your hand.

It’s etched into his heart from the moment he takes it.

The two of you hit it off immediately, he spends the night completely captivated as you sip cocktails at the bar regaling him with tales from your travels. When he puts you in a cab later that night, he gives you his card.

“I really enjoyed spending time with you tonight.” He says sincerely. “Give me a call if you ever want to do it again.��

He marries you a year later.

When he gets in tonight, the sweet serenade of your violin greets him. It’s the first time you’ve been home in over two months because you’ve been touring in Europe. Nick hangs up his overcoat before setting down his briefcase alongside the shoe rack. He lingers in the doorway of the living room watching as you play.

You still look as beautiful as the night he first saw you. You’re clad in one of his shirts and a pair of jeans that hug you in all the right places. Your damp hair is tied back into a messy bun, stray strands falling across your features.

You have your eyes closed because it helps you to visualise the music. Your synaesthesia allows you to see every note and every chord in a series of colours. It’s a fascinating quirk, he’d spent hours questioning you when you first told him about the condition.

“Rosie.” He says softly and your eyes flicker open to meet his.

The edges of your mouth tip up into a small smile and the tune changes, the opening bars to Elvis Presley’s ‘Love Me Tender’ filling his ears. It’s your wedding song, the first one you danced to as husband and wife.

“For my husband,” You say affectionately. “The Romantic.”

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Gregory Peck and Anne Baxter on a break from performing on the “Lux Radio Theatre” presentation of “Gentleman's Agreement” in 1948.